RARE MAMMOTH IVORY OKIMONO OF FOUR SKELETONS
SIGNED ON AN IVORY PLAQUE SHUTARO AND SEALED, MEIJI PERIOD
£8,000
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
Description
naturalistically carved depicting two skeletons seated on a bench and a third one standing behind, the trio posing for the camera operated by a fourth skeleton as the photographer, the group supported on an oval plinth raised on a tall foot simulating a pine tree, signed and sealed Shutaro within an inlayed rectangular plaque
Dimensions
27cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private English collection.
Note:
For a similar okimono of four skeletons, also signed Shutaro, see Christie's sale in their London rooms on 15.10.2014, lot 120, sale 5546.